Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist Author Esmaeili, Hamid Reza Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. Author Hamidan, Neshat Conservation Monitoring Centre, The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Amman, Jordan text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-15 5330 2 201 226 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2 journal article 54377 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2 917715f5-0eb8-41fb-9436-99a1181a5b9b 1175-5326 8249316 AA61E68D-3A1B-45BD-821F-E6AD862F6808 11. Cyprinion muscatense (Boulenger, 1888) ―Muscat Cyprinion, Hajar Lotak― Endemic Taxonomy: Original description: Scaphiodon muscatensis Boulenger, 1888:665 [ Muscat , Oman , Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean; Syntypes : BMNH 1885.11.7.35-40 (6), 1887.11.11.289-291 (3)]. Synonyms: None . Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Oman in original description by Boulenger (1888); confirmed by Krupp (1983) , Freyhof et al. (2020) and Esmaeili et al. (2022) from Oman and UAE , respectively. General distribution. Middle East: Hajar Mountains ( Oman and United Arab Emirates ). Habitat: freshwater. Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman and United Arab Emirates : Hajar Mountains, Al Hajr Ibri; Al Dhahira Governorate, Al Amirat Muscat Goveronate, Al Wasit Al Bureimi Al Bureimi Governorate, Hoqain Al Rustaq Al Batinah Governorate , Nakhal Al Batinah South Governorate , Surur Samail Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate , Al Samdi Samail Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate , Sur Bridge Sur Al Sharqiya Governorate, Wadi Khabbah in Dima Wattayeen Al Sharqiya North Governorate, Wadi Fanja Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate , and Wadi Bani Kharus Al Batinah South Governorate . Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance. Conservation. Least Concern (LC).